The project aims to increase resilience of coastal communities and ecosystems to climate change through adaptation planning, demonstrated targeted local interventions and provision of practical learning experience in adaptation planning to the National Climate Change Committee and Climate Change Department.

Sustainable Sihanoukville through Climate Change Planning and Adaptation project aims to develop capacity among government staff and local communities in order to better understand climate change through pilot project implementation in Sihanouk Ville Municipality.

The targeted Community Protected Area (CPA) communities by the project are among the most at-risk in Cambodia to the adverse impacts of climate change. Local people are very poor and located in remote community protected areas. The population is directly reliant on local forest products e.g. non-timber forest products (NTFP) and forest services for their livelihoods. The area is prone to natural disasters such as flooding, drought, and storms.

PURPOSE OF PROJECTAdaptation to Climate Change through Alternative Livelihoods in Community Forestry project particularly focuses on building capacity within the community forestry sector through supporting effective participation of community forestry management committees and communal councils in newly established Cantonment level community forestry planning and co-ordination committees.

PROJECT OBJECTIVESThe purpose of Building Resilience against Climate Change for Small Scale Farmers and Local Authorities in Ratanakiri project is to contribute to the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger among small-scale farmer families in Ratanakiri Province, enhancing their resilience against climate change.